commentr/StutterDecember 1, 2025

Content

I’m a professor at a state university. Nothing has really changed. Although one thing I’ve struggled with is telling strangers I’m a professor. I always laugh afterwards about what they thought about someone claiming they’re a professor and struggling to say the word professor.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment